In the 10-½ months since hitting their lows, copper prices have risen by over 70% to their highest levels since January 2013. The strength in copper may come as a surprise given the pandemic’s disloca ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-16
The situation in Myanmar is beyond dire. Hundreds of ca ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年04月16日
... sh factors. Several arguments point to a persistent secular increase in inflation, which has remained below most central banks’ annual 2% target for over a decade. The first holds that the United Stat ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-15
... http://www.facebook.com/economics3.0 註1： Bettinger, Eri ...全文
Imagine there is a cha chaan teng with eight tables, two of which are in the clean zone, a new term that will allow eight diners till 2am under the vaccine bubbles. Now six diners came in, three of wh ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-14
... n Xinjiang. The affected parties are not troubled by the sanctions beyond the righteous anger over being sanctioned for speaking up for the values of human rights and democracy. However, they should b ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-14
The situation in Myanmar is beyond dire. Hundreds of casualties, thousands of arrests, internet and wifi connections intermittent at best, and there is a palpable and real fear that the country is sli ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-14
A global, public health crisis; social inequality and unrest; record economic retraction and violent swings in financial markets. To say that 2020 was a very challenging year might be the mother of al ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-12
As Hong Kong people cannot travel aboard freely under the COVID-19 epidemic, they switch to local hiking activities instead, crowding countryside hotspots and creating garbage mountains. In March last ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-12
... and action. It is equally apparent that racism can rear ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年04月10日
In the early 1930s, US President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the New Deal in an attempt to combat the effects of the Great Depression. The program had three main pillars: relief (for the unemploy ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-09
... e a racist." This is a sentiment oft-expressed – especi ...全文
今日信報時事評論EJ InsightBrian Wong2021年04月09日
The annual Shenzhen Open Data Innovation Contest (SODiC) aims to push the government departments to further open up data, realizing the potential of data and stimulating social innovation. How can Hon ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-08
Our previous discussion took us to the conclusion that racism can manifest in both speech and action. It is equally apparent that racism can rear its head in places where it is least expected to – it ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-08
“If someone speaks like a racist, talks like a racist, smells like a racist, chances are – they’re a racist.” This is a sentiment oft-expressed – especially by self-anointed progressive outlets and wr ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-07
The mighty US dollar continues to reign supreme in global markets. But the greenback’s dominance may well be more fragile than it appears, because expected future changes in China’s exchange-rate regi ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-05
I must declare an interest here, as an author, I am wedded to the idea of people reading a physical rather than an e book. The cost of acquiring a physical book is higher and therefore the commission ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-01
In the immediate aftermath of the 2008 global financial crisis, measures were taken to prevent another potential systemic meltdown. The process of reform was contentious at the time, but the legislati ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-01
It took years to negotiate the European Union-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI). Now, less than three months later, it appears that it may not be approved by the European Parliament be ...More
EJ Insight2021-04-01
